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In Memoriam Notices in Our Next Issue , • lOO ALPINE NOTES ' climb any more ; Heinrich at 54 is still going strong. this summer he did his 105th Lenzspitze-Nadelhorn traverse. Everybody in Zermatt and Saas is looking forward to the summer of 1945, hoping for a return of .the British Herren, who were so much appreciated by the Valais guides. I myself do hope that you will come too, even if you do not climb any more and restrict yourself to botanical walks from Riffelalp. F . A. M. NOELTING. ALPINE NOTES · Year of • THE ALPINE CLUB OBITUARY : Election. Wheeler, A. 0., Hon. Member • • • 1908 Des borough, The Rt. Hon. Lord, I{. G., G.C.V.O. • • • • • • 1876 Rendall, The Rev. Canon G. H . • • • 1890 Stallard, G. • • • • • • 1893 Brigg, J. J .. • • • • • • 1894 Tucker, H. Scott • • • • • 1910 Seymour, Dr. H. F. • • • • • 1920 Elmslie, The Rev. W. T. • • • • 1926 • Hackett, A. • • • • • • 1928 Oliver, Lt.-Col. P . R. (on active service) • 1933 de Grunne, M. le Comte Xavier de Hemricourt 1933 Wedderburn, Major E. A. M. (on active service) 1934 Roelfsema, Dr. E. J. • • • • • 1937 Dutton-Walker, Lt. F. B. (on active service) • 1939 HoNOURS. We offer our hearty congratulations to Dr. P. C. Visser on his appointment as Netherlands Minister in Capetown ; and also to Mr. J. M . ·wordie on receiving the award of the Scottish Geo­ graphical Medal, the highest award given by the Royal Scottish Geo­ graphical Society. The last two awards of this Medal were in 1927 and 1933. GREETINGS. The Swiss Foundation for Alpine Exploration tele­ graphed: 'Merry Christmas and best wishes for 1945.' Our member Mr. Claude Macdonald cabled from Melbourne : 'All good wishes President all old friends.' \"'le acknowledge these greetings with gratitude. DEATHS. We regret to record the deaths of our Honorary Member Mr. A. 0. Wheeler, who has been an Honorary Member since 1908, and of Lord Desborough, who was elected to this Club in 1876. We hope to publish In Memoriam notices in our next issue. We have also learnt recent~y to our sorrow that our Dutch member, Dr. E. J. Roelfsema, one of the best Dutch guideless climbers, died at Mepp.el, Holland, in October 1943• • • • • IN MEMORIAM • • . IN MEMORIAM • GERALD HENRY RENDALL • We acknowledge with gratitude the courtesy of the Editor, The Times, for p ern1ission to reprint the following notice. EDITOR. GERALD HENRY RENDALL was born in I8SI and educated at Harrow~ where he was in his father's house, now called Rendall's, for six years) and was head of the school in I86g- 7o. Montague Butler, who had become Head Master in I 86o at the age of 27, was in his prime. Besides his classical distinction, Rendall won the chief school prizes for mathe­ matics, history, and Shakespeare. It is interesting to _note that his. literary work in his later years was done in the field of Shakespearean <;riticism : he wrote in his eightieth year a vigorous plea for Edward de Vere ~s the author of the Sonnets. For twQ years he was a member of Harrow shooting VIII which won the Ashburton Shield, and twice in su<;cession· he won the school walking race. It is not surprising that he was for more than 40 years an active member of the Alpirie Club, 1 and at 8o years of age could still enjoy the' Ladders round 'at Grindel-· wald~ In I87o he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became in due course Scholar and Fellow : he was bracketed fourth in the Classical Tripos of I874 and was elected Bell Scholar with J. G. Butcher (later Lord Danesfort). He won the Hulsean priz~ essay on ' The Emperor Julian,' was Lightfoot Scholar in history, and from I878 to I88o Birkbeck Lecturer on ecclesiastic~! history. For five years • after his Fellowship he remained at Trinity as lecturer and assistant •• tutor, filling th.ese posts with great distinction. The rest of his life (ell into three periods : {or I 7 years he was Principal of University College, Liverpool (I 88o-97) ; for I 3 years he was Head Master of Charterhouse {I897- I9II); for nearly 33 years {I9II-45) he lived in industrious and happy retirement at Dedham. His work at Liverpool was important and eminently successful. These were early times in th:e days of provincial university colleges : it says much for Rend all's energy and tact that in three years from its founda­ tion Liverpool was able to claim admission to the federated \ Tictoria University side by side with Owens College, · Manchester. Rendall himself occupied the Gladstone Chair of Greek, and from I894 to I897 served as Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University . • • 1 • Mumm's Register records: 1887. N ew ascents of the Allalinhorn from the Hohlaub Glacier by E. arete and of the Rossbodenhorn by S. W. arete, both with. H. W. Topham ; 1st recorded as c~nt of the Mittelruck with W. M. Conway and H. G. Broke. A.J. 13. 41 5. 1895· 1st ascent of the Klein Oberalpler. • • • • • • IN MEMORIAM . ·It was a sharp transition and somewhat of an adventure when at Christma~, 1897, he. undertook the headmastership of Charterhouse in succession to Dr. Haig Brown. The new Head Master brought many ··.qualities to his new work high character, spiritual earnestness (as his published volume Charterhouse Sermons attests), great industry, wide scholarship, teaching experience (though in a different field), the gift of administration, charm of manner, and a strong belief in athletics. There can be no doubt that Gerald Rendall made a deep and per­ manent impression upon many thoughtful boys. He also had ~trong friends on the staff, among them that prince of teachers, T. E. Page, who shared the sixth form with him. On the Head Masters' Com­ mittee he naturally made his mark: he also became in 1907 president of the _Incorporated Association of Head Masters. Mter his retire­ ment in 191 I, at the age of 6o, his life was spent in quiet and devoted service to every good cause at Dedham. He w~s Examining Chaplain to the. Bishop of Chelmsford and Honorary Canon. He was also '! persistent student, and produced several fresh and interesting b.ooks . In 1927 he brought out a vigorous plea for the e~rly date of St. James's • . ~pistle. He married in 1887 Ellen, daughter of John Rendall, barrister.; she died in 1938, :. • ' l . JOH.N JEREMY BRIGG • • 1862-1945 THE survivor of twin brothers remarkable for their long careers of public service in Yorkshire died on February I, 1945, seven years after W. A. Brigg's death. Living for many years at Kildwick Hall near Keighley, engaged in countless activities of service to their nativ~ place, the br;.others set a notable example. It has been 'jestingly remarked that they had·divided the world,. W. A. taking Keighley, ·and • J. J. the West Riding. · Educated at Giggleswick and Trinity College, Cambridge, they took M.A. and LL.M. degrees. John Brigg began public work as a member of the Keighley School Board in 1893, serveq fourteen years as County Councillor, and was elected Alderman in 1921. He fought at. least one Parliamentary election. ! · For many years he was chairman of the West Riding .Elementary ~ducation Committee and did great work on other important com­ mittees and on other educational bodies. Outstanding among many benefactions was the preservation 3:nd magnificent gift with his brother to the National Trust of East Riddles-­ den Hall. A great lover of the open air, J. J.'s great recreation up· to the first · world war was mountaineering; every summer from 1891 to 1914 in the· Alps or- Norway, mostly with his brother, Eric Greenwood and ~lfred Holrnes. l-Ie came into rock climbing in the early.,days, and • ' • • 0 I • • IN MEMORIAM was in the first groups to tackle the gritstone outcrops near home as \vell as Lakeland crags. In 1891- 94 his party climbed the Dom, Weisshorn, Schreckhorn, Matterhorn, Eiger and other peaks. Later they were particularly fond of long journeys and high passes, on which W. A. Brigg wrote four articles in this JOURNAL, and John a final one, ' Through the Maritime Alps '(A.J. zg. 300 sqq.). The mention of his name will long recall pleasant memories and kindly acts. • E. E. ROBERTS . \ • EDGAR FOA 1853-1944 THERE died on Christmas Eve, 1944, one of the older veterans of the Alpine Club. Edgar Foa was born in 1853. He was educated at U niv.ersity College School, took his B .A. at London University in 1871 and went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was a Senior Optime in 1877 and was admitted a barrister of the Inner Temple in 188o. About this time he had a great friend, one Edmund Strode, and they brought out together a book on Landlord and Tenant. Foa afterwards kept this work up to date and it is still regarded as a reliable text book on the subject. But it is his Alpine .career with which we are here concerned. He • was elected a member of the Club in 1897. At the end of the last century it was much more difficult to obtain admission to the Club than it is today. The membership at that time was limited to 500, and it was expected that a candidate should have spent at least fout seasons in the Alps and have climbed 20 first class peaks, to include snow, ice and rock ascents I-Iis qualification period was carried out during the years 189I to I894 and I896, and in I895 he was climbing in Norway. He became a member of the Swiss Alpine Club in I895 and was one of the original members of the Climbers' Club.
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